From ca-firearms-request@shell.portal.com Fri Dec 10 16:00:29 1993 Received: by jobe (4.1/1.34) id AA14251; Fri, 10 Dec 93 15:57:33 PST Errors-To: ca-firearms-request@shell.portal.com Sender: ca-firearms-request@shell.portal.com Precedence: bulk Received: from nova.unix.portal.com by jobe (4.1/1.34) id AA14236; Fri, 10 Dec 93 15:57:30 PST Received: by nova.unix.portal.com (5.65b/4.1 1.582) id AA09055; Fri, 10 Dec 93 15:57:27 -0800 Received: by Xenon.Stanford.EDU (5.61+IDA/25-CS-eef) id AA21857; Fri, 10 Dec 93 15:55:42 -0800 Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 15:55:42 -0800 From: Andy Freeman Message-Id: <9312102355.AA21857@Xenon.Stanford.EDU> To: ca-firearms@shell.portal.com Subject: Pro-gun legislative initiatives Status: RO A positive number of pro-gun bills were actually introduced in this session of congress. Here's the text of one of them. (Yes, it's still alive.) H.R. 1276, by Roscoe Bartlett "To establish a right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the enforcemtn of such right. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the ``Citizens Self-Defense Act of 1993.'' Section 2. Right to Obtain Firearms for Security, and to use Firearms in Defense of Self, Family, or Home; Enforcement. (a) ESTABLISHMENT of RIGHT. - A person not prohibited by Federal law from receiving a firearms shall have the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home. (b) FIREARM DEFINED. - As used in subsection (a), the term ``firearm'' means a - (1) shotgun (as defined in section 921(a)(5) of title 18 United States Code; (2) rifle (as defined in section 921(a)(7) of such title); or (3) handgun (as defined in section 10 of Public Law 99-408). (c) ENFORCEMENT of RIGHT. - (1) In General. - A person whose right under subsection (a) is violated in any manner may bring an action in any United States district court against the United States, any State, or any person for damages, injunctive relief, and such other relief as the court deems appropriate. (2) Authority to Aware a Reasonable Attorney's Fee. - In an action brought under paragraph (a), the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing pa{ty, other than a State, a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs. (d) STATUTE of LIMITATIONS. - An action may not be brought under subsection (c)(1) after the 5-year period that begins with the date of the violation described therein is discovered." That's it. If you want to discuss it, send email to ME, not a mailing list. (I really don't want to hear any stupid whining that the right exists already. If you object to that characterization, send email to ME.) If you want to forward it to tpg, or other lists, go for it. Gun Owners of America is trying to get 1,000,000 signed petitions in support to Congress. That takes lots of money. GOA is at: 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102 Springfield, VA 22151 Roscoe Bartlett is at: 312 Cannon House Office Bldg Washington, DC 20515-2006 202-225-2721 -andy From latzko@ns1.rutgers.edu Wed Dec 29 13:21:00 1993 Received: from demon.corp.portal.com (demon.corp.portal.com [156.151.1.10]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.4) with ESMTP id NAA00574 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1993 13:20:59 -0800 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.1.101]) by demon.corp.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.4) with SMTP id NAA23660 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1993 13:20:29 -0800 Received: by nova.unix.portal.com (5.65b/4.1 1.600) id AA25478; Wed, 29 Dec 93 13:20:56 -0800 Received: by ns1.rutgers.edu (5.59/SMI4.0/RU1.5/3.08) id AA12582; Wed, 29 Dec 93 16:16:35 EST Received: from rodan.UU.NET by ns1.rutgers.edu (5.59/SMI4.0/RU1.5/3.08) id AA12560; Wed, 29 Dec 93 16:16:29 EST Received: from relay1.UU.NET by rodan.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-mail-drop) id AA03270; Wed, 29 Dec 93 16:16:27 -0500 Received: from transfer.stratus.com by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA09583; Wed, 29 Dec 93 16:16:26 -0500 Received: from localhost (usenet@localhost) by transfer.stratus.com (8.6.4/8.6.4) id QAA12919; Wed, 29 Dec 1993 16:16:20 -0500 To: info-firearms-politics@uunet.uu.net Path: sw.stratus.com!cdt From: cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares) Newsgroups: info.firearms.politics Subject: Re: NRA LEGISLATIVE ALERT - 1/6 Date: 29 Dec 1993 21:16:19 GMT Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc. Lines: 97 Distribution: world Message-Id: <2fss33$cc8@transfer.stratus.com> References: <93358.15090634AEJ7D@CMUVM.BITNET> <2fqkih$91h@transfer.stratus.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: rocket.sw.stratus.com Status: RO In article <2fqkih$91h@transfer.stratus.com>, cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares) writes: > In article <93358.15090634AEJ7D@CMUVM.BITNET>, <34AEJ7D@CMUVM.BITNET> writes: > > >(1) VISIT YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATORS while they are > > >in their district offices! > Then I told him he could do us a favor on the other side of the ledger > by signing up as a co-sponsor of HR 1276, the Citizens' Self-Defense Act. I received several queries by e-mail about the contents of this bill. Since it is rather short, I repost it below. I am not enthusiastic about the precise wording of the bill in claiming to "establish a right," but at this point I believe being overly choosy may be worse than running with the ball we've been handed. The beauty of this bill is that the government has to pay the legal bills for any appeal that it loses. 103D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1276 To establish the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the enforcement of such right. ======================= IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 1993 Mr. BARTLETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary ======================= A BILL To establish the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the enforcement of such right. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 1993". SEC. 2. RIGHT TO OBTAIN FIREARMS FOR SECURITY, AND TO USE FIREARMS IN DEFENSE OF SELF, FAMILY, OR HOME; ENFORCEMENT. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF RIGHT. -- A person not pro- hibited by Federal law from receiving a firearm shall have the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use fire- arms in defense of self, family, or home. (b) FIREARM DEFINED. -- As used in subsection (a), the term "firearm" means a -- (1) shotgun (as defined in section 921(a)(5) of title 18, United States Code); (2) rifle (as defined in section 921(a)(7) of such title); or (3) handgun (as defined in section 10 of Public law 99-408). (c) ENFORCEMENT OF RIGHT. -- (1) IN GENERAL. -- A person whose right under subsection (a) is violated in any manner may bring an action in any United States district court against the United States, any State, or any person for damages, injunctive relief, and such other relief as the court deems appropriate. (2) AUTHORITY TO AWARD A REASONABLE AT- TORNEY'S FEE. -- In an action brought under para- graph (1), the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than a State, a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs. (d) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. -- An action may not be brought under subsection (c)(1) after the 5-year period that begins with the date the violation described therein is discovered. -- cdt@rocket.sw.stratus.com --If you believe that I speak for my company, OR cdt@vos.stratus.com write today for my special Investors' Packet...